Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 19:23:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Nick Hibma <hibma@skylink.it>, FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: names of globale variables Message-ID: <199905040223.TAA09564@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199905040143.SAA01330@dingo.cdrom.com>
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:> machine three times because of a typo (buf instead of buffer) in the
:> USB Communications Class Driver.
:>
:> Wouldn't some more elaborate names be more appropriate to avoid these
:> problems?
:
:"struct buf" is actually a very longstanding BSD tradition. I don't
:think we would easily be able to rename it, no.
:
:> sys/buf.h:
:>
:> extern int nbuf; /* The number of buffer headers */
:> extern struct buf *buf; /* The buffer headers. */
:> extern char *buffers; /* The buffer contents. */
:> extern int bufpages; /* Number of memory pages in the buffer */
We can't change the struct name, but we could change the name of the
globals... 'buf' and 'buffers' are only used in a couple of places.
But... not now. Maybe in a few months when things are more settled down.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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